Cross Canada Blog Hop ShinHan Twin Touch Markers

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring the ShinHan Alcohol Markers. We have 24 colours available, plus a blending marker.

We have an amazing group of talented ladies all across Canada, and they sure would love to hear from you, so before hopping onto the next person, take a moment and leave a comment about what you loved.

If you've arrived from Sheena at Kanata Newf Papercrafts then you are in the right place!  If you would like to start at the beginning of the hop, and continue from East Coast to West Coast, you can start here Michelle.
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So I recently purchased the ShinHan Alcohol markers from CTMH... In the past I have always used SU! Markers or Copic's so I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.     Plus with the recent colouring book fad I figured I could always use more pens to colour with :)

I decided to use the SOTM from March....it didn't help that when I coloured these cute tea cups in I was drinking a cuppa tea as it was raining hard outside.    Anyway... I  choose the colours based on the Hello Lovely paper collection....it's not my usual colour palette I am drawn too...but it just screamed out to me when I was flickering through all the available paper packs.

So here is the close up of my card... no fancy shading... 

 I also used 3D Pop dots to give the card a little depth 

Some bling was needed so I figured the gold glitter gems did the trick - a nice pop!

**** Last few weeks of the Hello Lovely paper pack****

Contact me if you want to put a last minute order in.

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.  Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Diana of Farmer Di Stamps blog.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog,  as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way.

We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring creations using our favorite NEW paper collection, yes that is right, we have new paper collections coming.   So mark May 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Cheers Sue

Fusion Card Challenge - Whale Hello there!

So last night I was in a mojo funk...so I decided to do a card challenge. - Fusion Card Challenge check out the linkie on the side bar here on my blog to join in.  It's always great when you can't pick a sketch or colour palette.     

Here is my finished card..

I used Sapphire, Slate, Whisper Ink... randomly stamp on Daisy White Cardstock.

Lastly I used a small piece of the Fundamentals Enchantment paper line with the mixed alpha to give it some focus...

As usual there has to be glitter... so i used the silver glitter cardstock with the 2" circle thin let.

I also used the ShinHan Art Pens - Caribbean Blue, Marine Blue & Turquoise Blue to colour in the Whale..... and finished it off with the clear shimmer pen for some more sparkle.

Plus I added the White enamel dots to add some flare & dimension to the card.

As you can see I created my own Alphabet Paper with all my alphabet stamps.  

Check out below for the Alphabet stamp sets I used currently available in the CTMH catty..

Framework Alphabet

 Jennifer's Hand Alphabet

Marker Alphabet

Some Kinda Wonderful Cards

As part of the swap with the consultants we had to create 2 cards or 3D items using the matching stamp sets & thin cuts.   I choose to do 2 cards... a 6x6 shaker card and a standard card. 

 

I popped the fox from the card with a little foam tape to give it a nice dimension, plus I love the crisp look the thin lets give the fox....no fussy cutting for me!! Yeah!!!

Of course I used the shimmer pen to highlight the fox's hair line ;) It's not a Sue card otherwise....without a bit of bling/sparkle.

So here is the shaker card.... I created the shaker part using a 3x4 CTMH clear Memory protectors Flip Flap tucked in behind the solid Raspberry card stock.   

 Once again using the new 'Happy Birthday' thin let helped create the perfect window for the shaker card...I love that these are not joint together so you can move it anywhere on the card stock.

Finished it off with the slate polka dot ribbon <3 nbsp="" p="">

Thanks for looking...
Cheers Sue

Christmas Card-making Buffet

 Join me... for a fun filled day full of stamping & making things sparkly...

What does this entail???   Well.. I will have all the items you need to make 5 beautiful Christmas cards of your choice.   I will have all the tools and can show you some tricks of the crafty trade.   Just bring your cheery self to enjoy a day/evening out with friends while preparing some hand crafted cards that every family member will fight over receiving...


Current Dates Available

Tuesday Nov 22nd - 7-9.30pm
Sunday Nov 27nd - 2-4.30pm
Friday Dec 2nd - 7-9.30pm

Here is some sneak peaks!!!  Don't worry... there is lots of choices.. these are just a few...

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Upcoming Card Class in August.....

For anyone following me you will know that I've been wanting to get my basement finished so my son can have a centre for his therapy and so I can have a craft area that looks & feels more homely rather than in the dark basement.    Thankfully this year my husband was extra awesome at work and was able to give me the go ahead to get this basement project going.   Wow!!  what a whirlwind.... It's only been 5weeks and the contractors have nearly finished...  I'll post the before and after shortly.. hopefully within the next week or so.     I will be so excited to get back down to my space to unpack all my stuff and get creating again.... I'm currently sitting in our dining room surrounded by a mess of my stuff that couldn't go in the garage.   

In the meantime I have been looking around on other blogs and CTMH demos around the world.   I came across this awesome Canadian Demo Jenny Smith out west and she created this awesome 10 cards set.   I love, love this easy card making kit... and thought I would offer a cool class when my basement is finished where you can come and make 10 cards....all you have to do is pay for the card kit & some bling... I'll provide the stamp set.....

Let me know if your interested... Class will be sometime in early August & for $20...
Cheers

Sue

Regatta Card

Last month I had created the Regatta layout class for my CTMH upline NSD event...... .but I also wanted to include a cute card to go with the layout / scraps...so this is what I came up with up.  Lots and lots of lovely layers ;)

I stamped the wave image on the side....but you could also use the wave thinlet.

I embossed the navy (sapphire) paper with the big shot and chevron embossing folder.

To give the card more dimension I used the foam tape under the heart and main layer.

It's a shame this paper line was only in the seasonal catty and not the yearly catty....
Chat soon...

Cheers

Happy EA / Teacher Appreciation Day!!

A few weeks back I created these cards once I heard that is was EA Day (Educator Assistant) day..I was planning on giving my son's teachers something small around Mother's Day seems I believe they are bringing up my son everyday just as like school mums :)

Not bad for a last minute card making frenzy...eh?
BTW...This stamp set is still available if you are interested in making these for the end of the school year in June.

Supplies used are all CTMH:
Paper: Black Cardstock 1386, Cranberry Cardstock 1272
Stamp Set: D1612
Embellishments: Ruby Twine Z1861,  Silver glitter Paper Z1829, Black Embossing Powder
Other:  3D foam tape, glue dots

Teacher Appreciation

Item Number: D1612

Have a great crafty afternoon....
Cheers

Blog Hop Misfit Card!

Which do you like?  with or without the orange shimmer trim?  I couldn't decide so I asked a number of my Facebook friends... I think the vote was against the orange.... but I still couldn't decide.  

I loved this sheet of paper in the Charlotte paper pack... 

I wish they had more of it... this was my last slither :(

 I am still not in love with this card... so I never posted it in the blog hop.... it will probably hit the never to show anyone again pile ;)

It's missing something... and I can't seem to put my finger on it.

My embellishment MESS!!!!!!!

Cheers